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Using Software and Data to Change the World

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I had the honor to be the opening keynoter for the first-ever Good Tech Fest , which was held in Detroit on May 22, 2018. It was a blast to be with an entire conference full of social good software and data people from around the world. Using Software and Data to Change the World We are in an amazing time. A database!

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Defining Your IT Roles: Project Management as a Process

NTEN

The IT industry is overwhelmed with companies and courses and products aimed at the commercial world. When faced with this list of challenges, I've seen some nonprofits try and find a life-raft in the IT ocean by following what larger commercial or government organizations do. Where do our ideas about IT come from?

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 13-17, 2009 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process with staff and advisory board feedback. Open Source Disability Gadgets: DIY for PWD submitted by Liz Henry, Blogher.

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How do we do make change if we keep doing things the same way?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I want our efforts to reach the broadest possible audience and at yet on a gut level, I loathe the restrictive nature of the journal industry. I count among my careers software engineer, business entrepreneur, tech writer and fiction author. These resources and tools thus improve equality of opportunity. 4 Sonia Lyris 04.09.07

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2014 - The Green Issue

Tech Soup

A new software bug called Heartbleed has affected a significant number of online servers on the Internet. Heartbleed is an OpenSSL bug that creates openings in cloud servers in which attackers can go in and extract passwords, private keys, and other data. Heartbleed: What Everyone Needs To Know. ICT for Development.

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

Back in 1995, in the early days of the internet, a San Francisco innovator named Craig Newmark started a small email distribution list for friends, highlighting local events across the Bay Area. Nevertheless, when the software consistently reports a mismatch, a driver can be summarily dismissed. 9</sup).

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